Tie-plate.



PATENTED MAR. 13; 1906.

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' of said rails is prevented. presents a pempective view of a with myimproved tie-plate a and in dotted lines is shown t 1e e rail occupiesupon the UNITED [STATES EQENT No. a 5,214..

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it known that I, a citiz Elyria, in the county have invented aImprovement i lowing is a full reference being had drawings.

The object of this i a strong cheap railw wrought steel, which beditself thereto and which will for engaging with the fla Figure 1 rerailroad-tie plied theret position which th plate.

Fig. 2 represent of the tie-plate, showing ing and holding the railplate. Fig. form of the invention.

Referring 'sents the plate or atively body, and long slender sharSpecification of Letters Patent. Application filed March is, 1905.Serial No. 250.393.

WILLIAM J. WILLIAMS,

n Tie-Plates, of which the folclear, and exact-description, to theaccompanying nvention is to provide ay tie-plate, made of willautomatically eminto a tie upon which it is placed become thereby im'rnovably fastened have suitable studs ngesof the rails restiereby thespreading s a perspective view the means for engagin position upon the 3represents a slightly-modified to the parts by letters, A repre- Brepresents reledged flanges which depend from the lower surface of saidplate an one endthereof to the other.. surface of the plate, over theextend in pa longitudinally-extended slightly elevated above theintervening surfaces a, which depress faces serve as watercoursesaccumulation of wat surfaces of the plate er between t and rail.

rallel relations from On the upper flanges B, are ribs C, which are edintervening surto re'vent the e engaging- Near one end of the plate 18 atransverse row of.studs D,

which are into upward from 0 these studs verse plane, while their outerclined, as shown, making longer at their bases than en these tie-plateWh places are in the on the ties, witht gral with the plate and springsaid ribs C.' The inner faces (1 vertical transfaces (1 are inthe studssomewhat at their tops.

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he flanges B running inearest the adjacent end of-the tie. railsareplaced scribed, in which case the base with the grain of the ties, theend of each plate on which the studs D are formed is upon the plateswith the outer rail-flanges in contact with of the studs. A pluralityribs C for holding the rails down upon the plates. The weight of thepassing trains will very soon embed the shafpedged flanges B completelyinto the woo any movement tieswill be prevented, and the engagement ofthe rail-flanges with the studs D will prevent any spreading of therails. Through each of the flanges made a pair of notches b. The purposeof these is to allow the wood of the tie to preserve two continuouscross-ribs thereof beneath the plate, preventing water working in fromthe ends of the plate, which would rot the tie and rust the plate.

The'described tie-plate is very strong, and it is also cheap, because itcan be "rolled from a bar and cut transversely to the proper length. Ihave invented mechanism for so rolling such bars and propose to makethat mechanism the subject of another patent application. k

In Fig. 2 a plate is shown whereon there is additionally a transverserow of studs D, having vertical inner faces. a The be made with bothsets of stu s,-

of the rail will resth upon the ribs 0 and/will engage with bot preventany possible movement of the rails in either direction relative toeachother after en ties, whereby '1n the tie. a

Having described my invention, I i..a1m

the vertical faces of spike-holes E, l are formed through the platesbetween, the

6o of the plates relative to the B, near their ends, are

sets of studs, and this will efi'ectually the tie plate flanges havebecome embedd' 1.

1. A tie-plate having on its under side a plurality of extended narrowflanges'having sharp lower edges and notches near the ends of saidflanges, longitudinal ribs formed on the upper side of the I verticalfaces adapted to engage the foot of the rail.

plate in line. with said angcs, and studs formed near the ends of s areput in their said ribs having inner 2. A tielate having on its undersidea plurality 0 extended narrow flanges having means for securing theplate to the tie. sharp lower edges and notches near the ends 'of saidflanges, longitudinal ribs formed on 5 the upper side of the plate inline with said flanges, and studs formed near the ends of said ribshavinginner vertical faces ada ted toengage the foot of the rail, saidplate aving openings adapted to receive fastening In testimony whereof Ihereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM J. WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

CHAS. C. LORD, W. J. SPEARS.

